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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “phoenixes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
phoenixes214339(None) 
phenixes2035641ph_enixes
phoenix1944362phoenix__
phonies123717512pho_ni_es
helixes1739133_h_elixes
penises9318193p__enises
peonies93620153peo_ni_es
phenates13611583ph_enates
phenix1837133ph_enix__
phoebes1435813phoe__bes
phoebuses1643213phoebuses
phonates13410643pho_nates
phonemes1546193pho_nemes
phones114121213pho_n__es
phonics143110723pho_ni_cs
phonied133710563pho_ni_ed
phonier122710633pho_ni_er
phoniest132811543pho_ni_est
phoniness1436303pho_niness
phoresies1447993phoresi_es
phrenitis1445623phrenitis
phrensies1445743phrensies
poesies93217403p_oesi_es
poetises10313953p_oetises
poetizes19310253p_oetizes
ponies84833463p_o_ni_es
prefixes20389233p_refixes
premixes193110083p_remixes
progenies12314123progeni_es
sheenies111411543sheeni_es
shoeboxes2143953shoeboxes

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641317.19020673.3
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.60923484.2
 
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